Spoken like a true West-of-the-Rockies American. Try that sh!t in Gromsdadstan or Newport, RI or Martha's Vineyard or Kennebunkgunkquit. While I agree with you 1,000%, some places I'd be seriously worried about the Karen factor.
Also, once you get North of something like Hatteras or VB, the frequency with which you might be pulling off crazy amounts of rubber in sleet/freezing rain could increase. I am not sure if you have ever experienced "wintry mix" but for anything other than drinking cocoa next to a fire, you want to keep your sh!t dry.
Then there's finger dexterity. Bad enough in December. Forget it in late March.
But yeah if ifallalot wasn't officially a souther before...